Traffic Group Lead

Posted 17 days ago

sambatekMinnetonka (MN)

Transportation Engineers Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

SENIORITY

Manager

SALARY

$130,000-160,000 annually

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About the role

Minnetonka, MNDescriptionSambatek, LLC is a professional services firm that specializes in civil engineering, planning, surveying, and environmental services. We serve public and private clients throughout the country with office locations in Minnesota and North Carolina. We embrace challenging projects and work hard to help our clients find success.

Summary: Sambatek is looking for an experienced and driven Traffic Group Lead to grow and lead a team delivering high-impact traffic engineering projects. In this role, you'll manage project development from start to finish— overseeing scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and resources— while guiding your team to success. You'll play a key role in expanding our client base in Minnesota by leading business development efforts, pursuing new opportunities, and building strong professional relationships. This is a unique opportunity to shape and grow our Traffic group as part of the continued expansion of Sambatek's Public Division. At Sambatek, we collaborate with public clients to deliver ethical, sustainable, and right-sized projects— maximizing the investment of public resources. Continuing our expansion into Traffic Engineering is a strategic step in building on the success of our Transportation team, and we're looking for the right leader to help drive this vision forward.

Work Location: Hybrid- flexible to work in office and remotely; local to Minnetonka, MN office

Expected Compensation Range: $130,000-160,000 annually (Offered compensation will be based on location and individual qualifications) Pay Rate Type: Salary

Responsibilities:

Manage traffic projects in study, preliminary design, and plan development phase
Drive pursuit efforts for transportation and traffic-focused projects from both public and private clients
Lead internal teams and collaborate with external stakeholders to deliver high-quality work for state and county clients
Evaluate traffic projects for freeways, arterial corridors, and intersections, including signals, roundabouts, and other innovative intersection control designs
Represent Sambatek at meetings with clients, counties, cities, and other key stakeholders
Oversee quality reviews, risk management, and resource coordination
Support business development and market expansion efforts
Provide input to leadership for the development for annual business planning and budgeting
Prepare and negotiate contract documents
Mentor, supervise, and train staff, and advise on strategic hiring
Responsible for the utilization and revenue of the Traffic Group

Requirements: Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering with an emphasis on traffic/transportation engineeringPE in Civil Engineering with 8-15 years of relevant experience (PTOE license preferred) Experience leading and/or managing traffic projects

Preferred Qualifications:

Ability and desire to effectively lead, mentor, train, coach, and develop team members
Driven to exceed expectations, win over clients, and build strong relationships
Experience with traffic engineering software such as: HCS, Synchro/SimTraffic, VISSIM, Corsim, Rodel, and IHSDMAbility to complete traffic impact analyses (TIA), traffic operation modeling, traffic signal warrant studies, and intersection control evaluations (ICE)
Strong written and verbal communication skills Possess critical thinking skills and independent engineering judgement
Knowledge of federal, state, and local guidance and standards
Previous experience generating proposals, scopes, budgets, and schedules

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

Work is primarily performed in an office environment
Ability to occasionally move equipment/objects weighing up to 10 pounds
Benefit Information
Regular full-time employees will have access to: Medical, dental, and vision plansHSA and FSA options
Employer-paid short-term and long-term disability coverage
Employer-paid life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance
Employee assistance program
Voluntary benefits such as additional life insurance coverage, accident coverage, and critical illness coverage
Paid time off and holidays
Retirement 401(k) plan with company match
Starting January 1, 2026, eligible Minnesota employees will be covered under Minnesota Paid Family & Medical Leave (PFML), providing paid, job-protected time away from work for family, medical, or parental needs

Sambatek, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity in its workforce. We select candidates without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, and any other category protected by law.

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